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State Prisons Fail to Offer Cure to 144,000 Inmates With Deadly Hepatitis C

July 9, 2018 by ATForum

“State prisons across the U.S. are failing to treat at least 144,000 inmates who have hepatitis C, a curable but potentially fatal liver disease, according to a recent survey and subsequent interviews of state corrections departments.

Many of the 49 states that responded to questions about inmates with hepatitis C cited high drug prices as the reason for denying treatment. The drugs can cost up to $90,000 for a course of treatment.

Nationwide, roughly 97 percent of inmates with hepatitis C are not getting the cure, according to the survey conducted for a master’s project at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Advocates say this ignores a 1976 Supreme Court ruling that determined an inmate’s medical care is a constitutional right.”

Read more at: https://www.thedailybeast.com/state-prisons-fail-to-offer-cure-to-144000-inmates-with-deadly-hepatitis-c

Source: The DailyBeast.com – July 5, 2018

See related article on incarceration and MAT: Giving addicted inmates opioid meds behind bars can reduce overdose deaths. Why don’t more jails use them available at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-jail-inmates-opioid-addiction-20180703-story.html#

Filed Under: 2018, News Updates

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